Journal-lubricator.



PATBNTBD 13110.25, 19o-5.

W. H. DANIELS. JOURNAL LUBRIGATOR.

APPLIUATION FILED Armls. 1995.

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Bs it known that I, WILLIAMII. DANIELS,

a citizen" of. the A' United States, residing at Springfield, county vofxSangamon, and a State of Illinois, have inventedcertaininew'anduseful Improvements -in J ournal-Lubricators -of which the following issuch a full, clear,

ande'xact description as will enable. others skilled in theartsto./Whchitxappertains to make and use my saidinvention;

My invention relates to lubricators of that class adapted; to supply oilalong thewhole len th of a journal andhaving an automatic feedcontrolling the oil-supply.

The purposes of my invention are to provide, in connection withajournal, means for supplying oil along the entire length of thespecificati@ of Letters Patent. `'iipplimimi nea Aprilia, 1905. serialNo. 255,267.

Patented nec. 5, 1905.

a small: hole.9, through which the oil flows. A ball 8 fits loosely inthe tube 5.

vBrasses 1 1 lie on top of the journal 12, and the sides of the brassesare he d in place by the 6o inner walls of the box, and the uppersurface ofthefb'rasses arein vcontact with the under surface of the topofthe box. The lower f parts of the brasses arefcurved to conform toVthe journal, as shown. The upper parts of 6 5` the brasses areseparated sufficiently to permit the scrapers 13 to slide freely betweenthe brasses.

conform to the surface of the journal.

The rod 14 has a longitudinal channel 16, and in one of the blocks 13 isan inclined hole The Scrapers 13 are connected by a rod 14, having asuitable handle 15, and the'lower parts of the Scrapers are curved to 7o17, communicating with the hole 9 in the journal, to provide a vibratingoil-cup easily l tubeand the channel 16 in the rod I14. In 75 attachableto car-axle boxes of the kind now and without departure from myinvention be eral views, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through acar-axle box embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is avertical transversesection, `and Fig. 3 is a'sideelevation of the scraper detached. a

I have shown my improvements as applied to the axle-box of a railway-caraxle g but they may without material modication applied to otherjournals. c

The car-axle box 1 is of the usual wellknown form and has on its uppersurface lugs 2, serving to connect the oil-cu with the box, ashereinafter explained. A ole 3 extends through the upper plate of thebox and reclives a downwardly-extending tube on'the o -cu f l Thoil-cup4 is preferably box-shaped and has a downwardly-extending tube 5,fittingv loosely in the hole 3. It also as a forwardlyextending flan e6, fitting between the lugs 2, and a hin ed vdoor 7, through which oil isupplied to t e cup.

The tube 5 has a tapering bottom plerced use oil flows through the holes9 and 17 into .the channel 1 6 and runs along the entire length of thechannel, and when the channel is full the oil overflows along the lengthof the channel and falls on the upper surface of the journal. 8o

When the rod 15 is in position with the hole 17 in registry with thehole' 9, one end of the rod abuts against the inner Wall of the box, andthe handle 15 abuts a ainst a downwardly-extending lug 19 in t e box. 85

The rod springs sufficiently to permit the handle to pass the lug wheninsertin the scraper,and the lug prevents accidenta vlongitudinal dislacement of the scraper.

When the oor 2O is open, the outer end of 9o the rod 14 may be sprungdownward or to one side sufficiently to ermit the handle 15 to passthelug 19, and y ulling on the handle V'the scrapersmay be s idlongitudinally on the journal toscrape dirt or gum from the/up- 9 5 persurface of the journal.

The oil-cup 4 being loosely connected with the box Vis ke t in constantvibration by the vibration of t e box, and the vibration of the cupvibrates theball 8 in the tube 3, so as to roo alternately raise theball and permit it to fall or gravitate onto its seat, so that thekballserves as a means for controlling the supply of oil-that is to say,`when the car is-in motion there is constant vibration of the box [o5and the cup, causing similar vibration of the ball-so thatwhen the ballrises oil flows under the b all and through the holes 9 and 17 into thechannel 6. When the car stops, the vibration of theoil-cup also stops,and the 11o ball gravitates to close the hole 9 and shut 0E the supplyof oil until the car again moves,

In attaching the oil-cup the pipe 5 is inserted in the hole 3, the Hange6 is placed between the lugs 2, and the rod 18 is placed in the holes inthe lugs and above the flange 6 and connects the cup with the box, sothat the cup may vibrate without becoming detached from the box.

The box 1 has a door 20 of the usual form.

The blocks 13 being connected by the rod 14 may be slid along on thejournal by pulling on the handle 15.

The sliding of the blocks 13 on the journal serves to remove gum andgrit from the journa v Having fully described my invention, what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a box, a journal Within said box, blocks slidableon said journal, a bar connecting said blocks and having a longitudinaloil-channel, and means for supplying oil to the channel of said bar.

2. 'Ihe combination of a box, a vibratory oil-cup mounted on said box, ajournal Within said box, blocks mounted on said journal, a barconnecting said blocks and having a longitudinal channel, and a valveoperated by the vibration of the oil-cup and controlling the supply ofoil to the channel in the bar connecting said blocks.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, at Springfield,Illinois, this 4th day of April, 1905.

WILLIAM H. DANIELS.

Witnesses:

MARGARET MCDONALD, MARY F. RYAN.

